Total Crime Rate

80.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cardiff Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in De Pwllheli , and the 140th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Gwynedd .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cardiff Road (LL53 5NU) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the De Pwllheli average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardiff Road (LL53 5NU), the main crime hotspot is near Awel-Y-Mor. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cardiff Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Awel-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Awel-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Awel-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Awel-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Awel-Y-Mor Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Awel-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Hamdden —
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Data Sources

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